SENIOR THESIS COMMITTEE ROLE

Each senior will have an assigned Thesis Committee Head faculty member. From there, the seniors will work with the Thesis instructor to create a committee of faculty members. The Thesis Committee's role is to provide counsel and guidance, as well as to assess student progress. Advisees must schedule separate individual meetings (at least one per month) with Committee members. During the first meeting, in early September, committee members and the student should review the proposal, make any necessary adjustments, and set a series of meeting dates throughout the year in addition to the formal assessment dates at the end of each month. Committee members may ask to meet students, and vice versa, as often as they deem necessary. If students have trouble meeting the goals set in their proposals, committee members, with the instructors, should help students revise their goals or meeting schedule in order to keep the project on track. At the end of each quarter, grades based upon the amount of work completed by the student in relation to his or her pre-set goals will be sent home along with report cards.